your ie will remember your last window size, and it's opening minimized
stretch the minimized window, then use shift and close the window down.
that will be a sort of temporary fix
personally, I like this feature of the browser...I like windows when I click on links to open where I placed them in the past...but that's just me...most people find this annoying
otherwise, look to the previous posts for a couple of solutions.
there are others